Advertising device



Sept- 1; 1931. J. R. Mo'lsE ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed April 25. 1930INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. l, l93l JOSEPH RUSSELL Mose,

OF HOUMA, LOUISIANA anvna'rrsne nevica Application filed April 23,

My present invention has reference to a new and novel construction ofadvertising devices, which includes a shaft having an angle end that isremovably attached to the lower end of a support for an overhead fan,and which shaft has journaled thereon a spirally Wound member Which issubstantially helicoidal and which affords a holder for an article to bedisplayed, together with 0 a frame of rectangular formation Whose upperand lower arms are centrally fixed on the shaft and Whose vertical andupper horizontal arms have journaled thereon vanes, the holder and vanesbeing multi-helicoidal so that the rotation of the fan Will effect aturning of the holder and a like turning of the vanes, with the resulttha-t a continuous and varied color display will be effected whichcannot fail to attract attention to the device and the article to beadvertised and ywhich is arranged in the holder.

To lthe attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in theimprovement hereinafter described and `definitely claimed.

ln the drawings: n

Figure l is a side eleva-tion of the improvement in applied position. f

Figure 2 is a sectional View approximately on the line 2 2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a detail elevation with parts in section to illustrate themanner in which the helical beams are ournaled on the frame c element ofthe improvement and have one of their ends contacted by an anti-frictionmember. f

ln the draivingsthe numeral l designates the depending support for anoverhead fan l.

Connected to the lower end of the tubular support l, through the mediumof atwo-A part clamp 2 there is a vsubstantially horizontallydisposedarm 3, the arm being directed below the blades of the fan 1f.The arm 8 merges into a stra-ight extension which affords a verticalshaft 4. The shaft 4, adjacent to its ends, provides journals forlyhearings on the upper andflower horizontal members of the substantiallyrectangular frame .Suitable means are, of course, provided. for holdingthe bearings from longi- CVS 1930. Serial No. 446,646.

tudinal movement on the vertical shaft 4. The frame member 5 ispreferably of wire and there is journaled on the vertical parts or sidesthereof helicoidal vanes 6. These vanes are of a length approximatelyequalling the sides 0f the frame and have their ends contacted byanti-friction elements such as spheres S which are fixed on the sidemembers of the frame. 'lhere are also journaled on the upper horizontalmember of the frameI vanes 7 disposed to the opposite sides of thevertical shaft 4. These vanes have their ends contacted by anti-frictionelements 9 similar to the elements 8.

.lournaled on the vertical shaft 4 are the ends of an article holder 10.The article holder comprises a spirally wound strip of some lightmaterial which may be metal, celluloid or the like. lt' may be herestated that the vanes 6 and 7 are constructed of very light g materialand that the frame 5 is of comparatively light wire. The article holderl() 1s of helicoidal volute formation and is designed to receive thereina package ll to be advertised. The package is clearly visible throughthe convolutions of the holder 10. The convolutions of the holder l0 andthe twisted elements comprising the vanes 6 and 7 are preferablyvariously colored and the colors of the vanes 6 and 7 are equivalent tothose of the article holder 10. Such kcolor cannot fail to attractattention to the article ll in the holder lO. The turning of the bladesof the fan l will direct air against the vanes 7 and 6 and against theholder l0. causing these elements to turn, and sustaining and bring anyvarieties of properly blended colors to the vision of the passerby sothat his attention cannot fail but be directed t0 the article in theholder. The holder as Well as the vanes are slowly turned ontaileddesoription Will not herequired. Oh-

viously7 Ido not Wish to Vloe restricted to the precise details hereinset' forth and, therefore7 hold myself entitled to make such changestherefrom as fairly fall Within thev scope of what I claim. y

Having described the l. In'v an advertising device, a frame, a

vertical shaft on Which the frame is centrally journaled and said shafthaving an upper offset arm toA he fixed on a support for an over-headfan, helicoidal membersjournaled on the frame and an open article holderjournaled on the shaft.

2; An advertising device including a substantially rectangular frame, avertical shaft on Which the frame is -centrally journaled, said shafthaving an upper offset arm to be fixed on a support for an over-headfan, Y

spirally Wound vanes ournaled on the frame, an open article holder inthe frame and having its end journaled on the shaftvand said holderbeing spiral'ly Wound to produce a' helico volute spiral. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH RUSSELL Mose.

invention, I claim Y

